NO. 225 FLORES PEAK - In 1857, Juan Flores and a band of outlaws murdered Sheriff James Barton and part of his posse at Barton Mound. Pursued by a posse led by General Andrés Pico, Flores and his men were finally caught on Flores Peak.

Although the guidebook states that Juan Flores was captured on the peak, he actually made a daring escape by riding his horse down the face of the peak that faces Modjeska Canyon Rd. He was captured 11 days later,